Nick writes: "There is no truth of the matter; there is only the exercise of power. "
[..] "So, if we are going to counter Trump, it cannot be by demonstrating that he lies. It has to be by demonstrating that liars don't win." He's old and nearing the last round of his iterated Prisoner's Dilemma game. He wants everyone to know about his power and -- this is perhaps giving him too much credit -- his defection. As far as objective consequences to denying the truth, what are possible ways he could go down? 1) He fails to make policies that are consistent with economic possibility and creates a serious global recession. 2) He insults the GOP leadership and bullies them when they are not going to move. 3) He does more illegal things thinking no one will notice, and is forced out in disgrace like Nixon. 4) He deregulates to the point that there is a conspicuous health or safety crisis that impacts millions. Climate change probably won't get him in the next four years unless there is some big tipping point. If any of these things happen, it would probably unspool the whole administration, but not necessarily. Marcus
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